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The STIC Conference devotes its 20th edition to offensive AI and the quantum threat
Spain's STIC Conference, 24 to 27 November near Madrid, gives “special attention” to the quantum threat. No talks have been announced yet.
Key points
- From 24 to 27 November 2026, at the Kinépolis Ciudad de la Imagen cinemas in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), organised by the CCN, the MCCE and RootedCON.
- The quantum threat is one of the two pillars of the slogan and gets “special attention” in the threats block, with sessions from 25 to 27 November.
- The programme only gives rooms, modules and times: there are no talks or speakers yet, and no registration or price details.
Held
When
24 Nov 2026 · 09:00
Where
Kinépolis Ciudad de la Imagen · Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid)
The 20th STIC Conference (XX Jornadas STIC) runs from 24 to 27 November 2026 under the slogan “Offensive AI and the quantum threat: towards a new cybersecurity”. It is organised by Spain’s National Cryptologic Centre (CCN), which reports to the National Intelligence Centre (CNI), together with the Joint Cyberspace Command (MCCE) and RootedCON, at the Kinépolis Ciudad de la Imagen cinemas in Pozuelo de Alarcón, near Madrid.
According to the organisers, artificial intelligence (AI) used for offensive purposes and the quantum threat “are set to redefine the protection of cyberspace”. This edition will have 13 rooms, around ten of them for the main agenda, and more than 300 speakers. It coincides with the 20th anniversary of CCN-CERT, the CCN’s incident response capability, which launched the conference.
Where the quantum threat sits in the programme
The organisers allocate the rooms by organisation and by topic. Among the topics they list “threats (with special attention to the quantum threat)”, alongside AI, cybercrime, military operations in cyberspace, Spain’s National Security Framework (ENS) and security operations centres (SOCs).
In the published programme, that block appears as the “Threats and Trends” module, with sessions on 25, 26 and 27 November.
Note · what the programme does not say yet
As of 16 October, the programme only gives the rooms, the modules and their times. There are no talk titles or speakers, so it is not known which sessions will cover post-quantum cryptography (PQC) or from what angle. The event pages do not explain how to register or whether attendance has a cost either.
The programme, day by day
- Tuesday 24, morning. The RootedCON congress opens, with technical sessions that continue over the following three days. There is also a room devoted to the ENS and another run by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).
- Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26, morning and afternoon. The thematic rooms: threats and trends, AI, cybercrime, military operations in cyberspace, SOCs and the National SOC Network, the ICT Products and Services Catalogue (CPSTIC), products and technology (PYTEC), and the ENS.
- Friday 27, morning. Threats and trends, SOCs, cybercrime, military operations and industrial control close the conference.
Badge collection opens at 07:00 each day.
Who it is for
The usual audience is public administrations, the Armed Forces, law enforcement, universities, operators of essential services and critical infrastructure, and industry. According to the organisers, the 2025 edition brought together more than 9,500 people in person and more than 6,700 online, from more than 42 countries.
On the quantum threat in Spain, we covered the Spanish Parliament report.